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ACT Urges Re-think Of Disaster Relief Bill
Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 2:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today urged the Government to fully address the tax implications of disaster relief, following its decision to fast track legislation to assist farmers struggling to meet their tax payments. More >>
Labour Making Life A Royal Bore
Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 11:37 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Youth Affairs Spokesman Heather Roy today wondered whether Prince Edward had any qualms about presenting an award from which his father's title had been unceremoniously dumped. More >>
ACT's The Letter - Monday 15 March 2004
Monday, 15 March 2004, 3:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour caucus split must be wide when the answer is a royal commission. The last time Labour proposed a royal commission was when the caucus was split over proportional representation and divided over social welfare. More >>
Wealth Fines Will Need Vast New State Database
Monday, 15 March 2004, 2:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today accused Courts Minister Rick Barker of trying to distract the public from the failure of Justice Minister Phil Goff's 2002 Sentencing Act changes. More >>
Clement Case Must Go To Auditor-General
Monday, 15 March 2004, 8:11 am | ACT New Zealand
Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey is so unconcerned about the flaws in Work and Income's audit procedures - which allowed Lisa Clement to defraud MSD of $1.9 million - that he has left me with no choice but to refer the matter ... More >>
Clean Slate Bill To Benefit 'Clements-In-Waiting'
Friday, 12 March 2004, 6:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
Lisa Clement's prison sentence means she can no longer prey upon unwary employers - but Justice Minister Phil Goff's Clean Slate Bill would ensure that those same employers are vulnerable to her fellow fraudsters, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman ... More >>
Judge Right To Defy Government
Friday, 12 March 2004, 3:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Maori Land Court judge in Gisborne who authorised foreshore and seabed claims to proceed is upholding the rule of law, and should be applauded - even by those who believe the claims are not justified, ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman ... More >>
The Column - Maori Underclass
Friday, 12 March 2004, 8:49 am | ACT New Zealand
This week, the Column looks at the causes behind the New Zealand’s developing Maori underclass. More >>
PPCS Vs Richmond Law Changed Urged
Friday, 12 March 2004, 8:45 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today urged the Commerce Minister Margaret Wilson to amend Securities Law, to reverse the message sent by the Court of Appeal's decision in the PPCS and Richmond litigation. More >>
Let The People Free
Friday, 12 March 2004, 8:44 am | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party's call for Kiwis to consume themselves in a vast national hui is the same 1960's student dogma the Prime Minister believes in - somehow, if people only talk long enough, they'll come to agree with their leaders, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Get Dyson Out Of CYF
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 5:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
Reports of almost 6,000 children languishing on the Department of Child, Youth and Family's waiting list are proof that Labour is failing to protect abused children, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Need For Urgent Commission Of Inquiry
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 11:52 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today called on the Government to set up a wide-ranging Commission of Inquiry into the police, in light of the emergence of new concerns regarding the operation of the police force. More >>
RB Predicts End To Economic Golden Weather
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 10:46 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that the Reserve Bank was picking what everyone had known: times are getting tough. More >>
Reserve Bank Proposal Madness
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 10:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today slammed Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard for wanting the power to intervene in the foreign exchange market when he considered the dollar "exceptionally and unjustifiably high" or "exceptionally ... More >>
Fisheries Minister Must Investigate Allegations
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 8:15 am | ACT New Zealand
Fisheries Minister David Benson-Pope must fully explain why a TV One news item, of the so-called marine farm at Potaka Marae, is not regarded as sufficient evidence to warrant even an informal visit to establish the veracity, or otherwise, of its ... More >>
It's Time To Vote
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 5:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble has sent a letter today to the Prime Minister saying that the ACT party does not support a Royal Commission into the Treaty of Waitangi. More >>
Mallard Misleads - Parents Must Continue Fight
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 1:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
Beleaguered Education Minister Trevor Mallard is misleading schools with his poll-driven U-turn on school closures, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Three Cheers For The Eastern Corridor
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 11:04 am | ACT New Zealand
Proposals for Auckland's Eastern Corridor, unveiled by Mayors John Banks and Barry Curtis, signal the relief from traffic woes which Aucklanders have desperately been waiting for, ACT New Zealand Transport Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
PM And Dunne Too Late On Treaty Inquiry
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 11:03 am | ACT New Zealand
It's too late for Prime Minister Helen Clark and Peter Dunne to try and bag up the Treaty debate in an official inquiry when they blocked a specific proposal for one in 2002, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Carter Must Approve Pike River Access Now
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 8:19 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today called on Conservation Minister Chris Carter to overturn his department's advice and approve the access allowing the Pike River coal project to proceed. More >>
